larva

As nouns the difference between larva and necrophagan

is that larva is mask while necrophagan is (zoology) any of the tribe necrophaga of beetles whose larvae feed on carrion.

As nouns the difference between larva and necrophore

is that larva is mask while necrophore is (zoology) any of various beetles that bury the carcasses of small vertebrates (such as birds and rodents) as a food source for their larvae.

As nouns the difference between larva and jointworm

is that larva is mask while jointworm is the larva of a hymenopterous fly, found in gall-like swellings on wheatstalks, usually around the first joint.

As nouns the difference between larva and neotenin

is that larva is mask while neotenin is a juvenile hormone, present in insects, which ensure growth of the larva, while preventing metamorphosis.

As nouns the difference between larva and tornaria

is that larva is mask while tornaria is (zoology) the free-swimming larva of balanoglossus.

As nouns the difference between larva and bardie

is that larva is mask while bardie is (scotland) a minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by or bardie can be (australia) the edible larva of an insect.

As an adjective bardie is

rude and insolent; bolshie.

As nouns the difference between larva and gambusia

is that larva is mask while gambusia is any of several freshwater fish, of the genus , that feed on the larva of mosquitos, and are used to control them.

As nouns the difference between larva and woodwasp

is that larva is an early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish while woodwasp is any of various unrelated insects of the suborder Symphyta (the sawflies, not true wasps), whose larvae are found in wood.

As nouns the difference between larva and torsalo

is that larva is an early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish while torsalo is a parasitic fly, Dermatobia hominis, which lives as a larva in the skin of mammals, including humans, and uses mosquitoes as a vector.

As nouns the difference between larva and actinotrichium

is that larva is mask while actinotrichium is (zoology) any of a group of hairlike fibres in the finfolds of fish larvae that develop into fin rays.